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Unfortunately it seems like the argument is mainly semantic then - I find it reasonable to think that "pedantically instructs the programmer how to properly do what’s requested, even though it obviously know what is meant" is pretty much a detour to say it's not good, it's implied.

I just don't see why DHH needs to do this - ruby has so many things that make it stand on its own.

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That's fair. Sometimes to put decisions in context you need to be able to compare it to something else, but I do understand where you're coming from.